" UP ON THE ROOF ~ PRIPYAT "
Our tour guide was cute , our 2nd day we had discussed getting up on the roof , so the plan was set , showing her images we had taken and the grandson photos i had on my phone , then popped the question , Which roof top do they take all the photos from ? No way she said more than my job is worth , However we were allowed Tim the sweet talker , so a quick scramble up 6 flights stairs , then two small old rusty fire escape ladders both of us loaded with kit and tripods and bingo we were on the roof overlooking Pripyat , then a mad rush to get to the bus before the group returned , mad fun !!!
So many memories i now have with my Camera and friends this place will remain with me for LIFE !!!
47,000 people evacuated in 3.5 hours , The zone itself had 130,000 people evacuated overall.
I was touched by my time here .
They were told to pack for 3 days then they would return , it never happened.
This city was built in 1970 for the workers of the Nuclear power plants 47,000 people and children lived here , This fairground never ever was used , Glasnost came far to late for the citizens of Pripyat who were finally evacuated 24 hour after the explosion at Reactor 4 , 1200 Buses and 6 trains were used that took 3.5 hours , all to late They were told they would return in Three days , No one ever did return !!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUxtvn9tP5o
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKKz45ORPQQ
In the city of Chernobyl there stands a simple memorial to the liquidators who rushed to reactor number four in the immediate aftermath of the explosion. The firefighters who initially responded to the disaster on the morning of April 26, 1986 were unaware that they were entering a radioactive environment, and rushed to the plant without donning protective suits and respirators. While they labored to extinguish the fires, their bodies absorbed lethal doses of radiation, and many of them later died of Acute Radiation Sickness. Overall, some 600,000 workers, including scientists, miners, and Soviet military conscripts, participated in the Chernobyl cleanup efforts. To this day, many of them continue to experience a variety of health problems stemming from their time spent in the zone. The plaque on the monument is inscribed “To those who saved the world.”
My self and Tim spent Four days in the Ukraine , Two days touring Chernobyl & Pripyat , i ask you to watch this Full version video of the disaster and things i never knew about the disaster in 1986 .This video was played to us as we were driven on a bone shaking Bus to the Zone and armed guard security check points. The video is amazing !!!!!
500,000 people worked and many died and still suffer "Chernobyl Syndrome " even now and will for many years to follow . We were limited with the building we could get into so next Tour we will go on a Private tour , it was one amazing experience i hope the images will do it justice ! My part in recording and discovering history when i was 21 i just watched it on TV and thought nothing of it !!!!!
Man's desire for more Power has huge consequences for our Worlds future , the remaining Nuclear reactors on the Chernobyl site stopped producing in 2000 , One was being build in 1986 next to Reactor 4 which exploded it was never completed and stands there now decaying and Two huge cooling towers are 25% complete , the French are building huge " Sarcophaguses to seal every Reactor these will last 100 years , Reactor 4 will require a new one soon as it will only last 30 , on one road in Chernobyl our Geiger counters went crazy and all of the alarms went off , .
When you leave Chernobyl you pass through Two check points that measure every part of you we all got the ALL CLEAR !!! Who knows Governments Lie its a corrupt system !!!
I was usually last on the BUS !!! :-) The walk of shame !!
" UP ON THE ROOF ~ PRIPYAT "
Our tour guide was cute , our 2nd day we had discussed getting up on the roof , so the plan was set , showing her images we had taken and the grandson photos i had on my phone , then popped the question , Which roof top do they take all the photos from ? No way she said more than my job is worth , However we were allowed Tim the sweet talker , so a quick scramble up 6 flights stairs , then two small old rusty fire escape ladders both of us loaded with kit and tripods and bingo we were on the roof overlooking Pripyat , then a mad rush to get to the bus before the group returned , mad fun !!!
So many memories i now have with my Camera and friends this place will remain with me for LIFE !!!
47,000 people evacuated in 3.5 hours , The zone itself had 130,000 people evacuated overall.
I was touched by my time here .
They were told to pack for 3 days then they would return , it never happened.
This city was built in 1970 for the workers of the Nuclear power plants 47,000 people and children lived here , This fairground never ever was used , Glasnost came far to late for the citizens of Pripyat who were finally evacuated 24 hour after the explosion at Reactor 4 , 1200 Buses and 6 trains were used that took 3.5 hours , all to late They were told they would return in Three days , No one ever did return !!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUxtvn9tP5o
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKKz45ORPQQ
In the city of Chernobyl there stands a simple memorial to the liquidators who rushed to reactor number four in the immediate aftermath of the explosion. The firefighters who initially responded to the disaster on the morning of April 26, 1986 were unaware that they were entering a radioactive environment, and rushed to the plant without donning protective suits and respirators. While they labored to extinguish the fires, their bodies absorbed lethal doses of radiation, and many of them later died of Acute Radiation Sickness. Overall, some 600,000 workers, including scientists, miners, and Soviet military conscripts, participated in the Chernobyl cleanup efforts. To this day, many of them continue to experience a variety of health problems stemming from their time spent in the zone. The plaque on the monument is inscribed “To those who saved the world.”
My self and Tim spent Four days in the Ukraine , Two days touring Chernobyl & Pripyat , i ask you to watch this Full version video of the disaster and things i never knew about the disaster in 1986 .This video was played to us as we were driven on a bone shaking Bus to the Zone and armed guard security check points. The video is amazing !!!!!
500,000 people worked and many died and still suffer "Chernobyl Syndrome " even now and will for many years to follow . We were limited with the building we could get into so next Tour we will go on a Private tour , it was one amazing experience i hope the images will do it justice ! My part in recording and discovering history when i was 21 i just watched it on TV and thought nothing of it !!!!!
Man's desire for more Power has huge consequences for our Worlds future , the remaining Nuclear reactors on the Chernobyl site stopped producing in 2000 , One was being build in 1986 next to Reactor 4 which exploded it was never completed and stands there now decaying and Two huge cooling towers are 25% complete , the French are building huge " Sarcophaguses to seal every Reactor these will last 100 years , Reactor 4 will require a new one soon as it will only last 30 , on one road in Chernobyl our Geiger counters went crazy and all of the alarms went off , .
When you leave Chernobyl you pass through Two check points that measure every part of you we all got the ALL CLEAR !!! Who knows Governments Lie its a corrupt system !!!
I was usually last on the BUS !!! :-) The walk of shame !!